Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher

Who won Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher?

Olivier Aubin Mercier beat Darrell Horcher by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #7, on Friday 13th August 2021 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Olivier Aubin Mercier.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher stats

Olivier Aubin Mercier stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Darrell Horcher made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Olivier Aubin Mercier's PFL record stood at 10-0-0, while Darrell Horcher's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Horcher had a massive power advantage over Mercier, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Mercier's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had a massive advantage over Horcher, boasting a 73% submission rate over Horcher's 7%.

Olivier Aubin Mercier was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Horcher had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mercier. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mercier was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 1 month later than Horcher, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 66 to Horcher's 44.

Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher form

Olivier Aubin Mercier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Natan Schulte at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Darrell Horcher at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Marcin Held at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had lost to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

He had been beaten by Alexander Hernandez at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary.

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Mercier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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